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La Télé des années 90

November 2024 •French

La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé

November 2024 •French

The Sound of TV with Neil Brand

November 2024 •English

Three-part documentary series that explores the history and use of music in television.

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

November 2024 •English

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film art. Using almost a thousand film extracts from thirteen decades and five continents, Mark Cousins asks how films are made, shot and edited; how stories are shaped and how movies depict life, love, politics, humour and death, all through the compelling lens of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers – all of them women.

Cold War & Cinema

November 2024 •English

Hosted by Ian Nathan, this series features the cinematic stories of the Cold War era: propaganda, nuclear fear, a change in the US society; the spy games; and the rise and fall of the USSR and East Germany (and everything in between). Film critics and historians examine the industry both as it was happening in real time, and how films from this period have become seminal classics.

ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision

November 2024 •French

Tuning In: Fifty Years on the CBC

November 2024 •English

Taking a deliberately post-modern approach to the CBC and Canadian culture, the series raids the bulging vaults of the national broadcaster. Viewers will see images of Canada’s past five decades, ranging from the long-running celebrity quiz show Front Page Challenge through ’70s pop star Rene Simard to stirring footage of legendary hockey icons. Deliberately using a stylistic melange, the series will use contemporary footage shot in Betacam video and Super 8 with old kinescopes from the ’50s, black-and-white footage of the ’60s and the more standard color format from the ’70s through the ’90s.

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

November 2024 •English

In the '90s, TV's stunt-filled "American Gladiators" thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the show's success — and how it almost ended before it began.

ExpedienTV

November 2024 •Spanish

Bratislavské pondelky

November 2024 •Slovak

Out

November 2024 •Norwegian

Parts of Norway's queer history are seen through the eyes and hearts of more than 50 famous Norwegians.

The Radharc Squad

November 2024 •English

On the 50th anniversary of RTÉ TV and Radharc, the first independent production company to make programmes for Irish television, this 2-part series reveals the remarkable story and legacy of this maverick group of filmmaker priests who, between 1962 and 1996, produced over 400 documentaries in 75 countries on a range of social, political, and religious issues.

Talking Film

November 2024 •English

Movie expert Elwy Yost interviews industry people on both sides of the camera, encouraging them to talk about themselves, the state of their art, and its history. The series features many famous film personalities who, along with producers, directors, designers, screenwriters, and critics, offer candid insights into the making of motion pictures.

Besættelsens danske filmkonger

November 2024 •Danish

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

November 2024 •English

A portrait of celebrated filmmaker David Chase: his life, his career and his groundbreaking work on the HBO original series The Sopranos.

The Bollywood Story

November 2024 •English

Shashi Kapoor presents a history of the Hindi film industry from its roots in 1913 to the 1980s, illustrated with clips and interviews.

TVN - 40 años - Tu historia es mi historia

November 2024 •Spanish

The Home That 2 Built

November 2024 •English

The series looked back at British lifestyle television programmes shown on the channel from across the decades, with episodes on the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s.

Télévision (histoires secrètes)

November 2024 •French

The behind-the-scenes story of French television… This documentary unveils the lesser-known history of two audiovisual decades that have shaped today's television. To explain from the break up of the French broadcasting service ORTF, in 1974, to the creation of Arte, via the birth of Canal+, the life and death of La Cinq and the privatization of TF1 — the succession of political, economic and cultural decisions that have shaped what is known as the “PAF” (French Audiovisual Landscape).

La Guerre de la TNT

November 2024 •French